Mehdi Hasan

Mehdi Hasan is an award-winning British journalist, broadcaster, author and political commentator. He is the presenter of both UpFront (filmed in Washington DC) and Head to Head (filmed at the Oxford Union).

He moved to Al Jazeera from the Huffington Post UK where he was political director. He has been named one of the 100 'most influential' Britons on Twitter, and was included in the annual global list of 'The 500 Most Influential Muslims' in the world ('The Muslim 500').

His debate-winning speech at the Oxford Union on Islam and peace went viral online, amassing more than two million views.

Mehdi is also the author of two books - a biography of former Labour Party leader Ed Miliband and an e-book on debt and the financial crisis.

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